Pep Guardiola’s side has quietly responded with four wins from their last five

Matchday two in the Champions League sees AS Monaco hosting Manchester City at the Stade Louis II on Wednesday. Will Les Monegasques be able to pull of the upset victory or will it be the Citizens that make it six points from six? Check out our match prediction below!

Monaco return home now with a challenging fixture as they seek their first points of the 2025-26 UCL campaign. They can take encouragement from their strong home record this season, although there is an obvious jump in the level of play with City coming to town. This will be the first matchup between the two sides since the magical 2016-17 campaign which saw Monaco knock out City in the round of 16 and go on to make the semis.

Since being crowned champions of Europe in 2022-23, City have only managed to reach the quarter-finals of this competition once. Last season, they finished 22nd in the league phase and were promptly bounced by Real Madrid in the playoff round. They’re off to a much better start this time around with three points from their opening fixture.

It was the worst possible start for Monaco in their second consecutive season in Europe’s top tier club competition. They were powerless to resist an impressive Club Brugge side that created five clear cut scoring chances and walked away with a 4-1 home victory.

Monaco were able to respond with a 5-2 home victory over Metz but would then go on to lose 3-1 away at Lorient at the weekend. The hosts have now lost two of their last three, but will bank on their perfect 3-0-0 home record to get a result against Manchester City.

And while there is certainly some valid criticism being levied, Pep Guardiola’s side has quietly responded with four wins from their last five.

The only dropped points during that time was a 1-1 away draw with Arsenal, in which they conceded the equalizer in stoppage time. At the weekend, City thrashed Burnley 5-1 at home for their second win in a row.

In their first match in the league phase, Man City took advantage of 10-men Napoli to beat the Italian champions 2-0 at the Etihad.